All Metro players 3rd through 6th grade must participate in the in-house rec program to be eligible to play Metro.
Metro tryouts are held every year before the in-house rec program starts. The tryouts are announced here,
in the NBA newsletter and on Facebook.

All 7th & 8th grade Metro players must make the Norwin Middle School Blue or Gold team to be eligible to play
Metro. All 20 players from the Blue & Gold middle school teams in both 7th & 8th grade
are welcome to play Metro. The NBA can also pull players outside of the school teams to fill a roster, as necessary.

All star tournament teams

All Star teams are formed toward the end of the in-house rec program. All Star teams
are selected by ratings of the in-house coaches. Each coach submits ratings from 16 to 1,
rating their top choice as 16 down to 1. The values are added to rank each player.

A Teams are formed from the top 5 rated players and 3 coaches picks.

B Teams are formed from the next top 5 rated players and 3 coaches pick.

"Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group.
It enhances everybody."

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"A winner is someone who recognizes his God- given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills,
and uses these skills to accomplish his goals."

- Larry Bird

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

- Michael Jordan

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."

- Henry Ford

"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot."

- Bill Russell

"The best teams have chemistry - they communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for the common goal."

- Dave DeBusschere

“I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot...and missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why... I succeed.”

- Michael Jordan

"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."